Causes of the American Revolution

The War for American Independence was not caused simply by only one event. This war was a result from a combination of events that built up rebellion within the colonies. The overall cause of the War for American independence was the fact that the British constantly enforced upon the colonists taxes and regulation. As time went on, the fact that the colonies were thousands of miles away from England caused the colonists to strive for independence. Two significant reasons that created a rift between the colonies and Britain, eventually leading to the Revolutionary War were the Navigation ac…